Today's passage is difficult to preach, given how awful and horrendous the incident is which it records. Our message looks at the importance of taking our behaviour cues from the Lord's character, not from our culture or from our animal instincts.

The passage is for a community, not just for our individual learning, so that we together understand the kind of environment the church can be. Let's join the service.

Have you ever felt like God is punishing you for your sins even though you asked for forgiveness and believe that Jesus forgives? How can both things be true? Today's talk looks at God's response to David's sin with Bathsheba. We look at the difference between punishment and consequence with the goal of finding hope to move forward after we have done something wrong.

We also look at our attitude towards the Lord's standards for our living. Let's join today's message.

Today's message looks at the very famous story of David and Bathsheba. We consider how our culture set us up to behave in the same way, going after what we want, whether it is good for us or not.

What happens to us during temptation, and why doesn't God seem to help? Please join us as we begin.

Today's message helps expand our thinking about expressing kindness. Kindness helps people in practical ways.

We are called to live it when it is least expected. Our relationship with one person can affect how we show kindness to another, and it can change the direction of a person's life. But problems can also arise.

Sometimes it creates an unhealthy dynamic between people. The person who receives kindness might start to feel inferior, or perhaps they look to their helper to save them every time from now on. How can we share God's kindness with people but not fall into the problems? Let's join our service.

Today's message helps us consider God's consistent pursuit for our relationship but also our consistent failure at it. This helps us understand that God doesn't love us because we are oh so lovable or because we are obviously worth it, but because he deems us valuable despite our behavior.

We hope you find today's message provides a better understanding of what it means that God loves us.

Our world feels immersed in destruction, decay, and death. In our own lives, we face threats, fears, and chaos.

In today's passage, we learn about the blessings and hope for living that come when the Lord God is able to draw near to us. Let's join our service as we begin.

There can be two extremes in life. Some people wait for what they want, expecting life to work itself out.

Others are driven like a bull to get it. Some people become too passive, too uninvolved. Others can't be stopped or redirected from their plans.

When the Lord tells us His plans, how do we balance those extremes? Today's service ponders the role self-control plays in our being part of God's plans for humanity.

From God's perspective, what makes a good life, or a life well lived? Sometimes we spend so much effort just trying to make it all work, we forget to ask if we are focused on the right agenda. In today's passage, we read about the death of Saul and ponder how scripture sums up his life.